One of the things about crowd work that's so exciting is when you discover a character in the audience who's interesting or funny, who you can vibe off of. If someone's got a weird job that you can make reference to throughout, or you can bring that person onstage - humiliate them, or celebrate them! You can put people in conversation with one another. The best is when something that they're doing can reflect back on something that you're doing.
John HodgmanIt would be rather naive to imagine that Oprah doesn't have an Earth Evacuation Plan. You know Richard Branson does - his is in plain sight.
John HodgmanSo I am a product of the Internet, and to some degree a product of this sensibility of constant cultural reference.
John HodgmanI am not beautiful, so I don't know why I'm making myself ugly. But the mustache stays.
John HodgmanSo much of creativity is the feeling that you're either getting a gift from some other dimension or some other part of yourself.
John Hodgman